Indoor Privy

How many of you have ever seen an indoor privy? For those of you who are too young and have no idea what a privy is, it's an outhouse. Only in my case, it's inside my house off of the laundry room which was once a back porch. My house was built in 1898. I …

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Does This Soap Really Work?

Yesterday my wife and I took a little day trip. We ended up in another county at a small resort town called Fair Haven. It has a very pretty beach and rows of novelty gift shops along Main Street. There's also a General Store/Eatery located in a building that's probably a hundred years old. They …

Day At The Farmers Market

Yesterday my wife and I went to the Farmer's Market near where we live. Although we have a small garden, we like to buy some things that we didn't plant. We picked up some snap peas which I love to eat raw. We also got some Turkey Tail mushrooms. I like this particular Market because …

I Saved A Life Today

This morning I went out early to check on our garden. It's been so dry and hot. Not a drop of rain in days. The wife watered everything deeply last night. As I was checking on the cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, peas, okra, etc, I noticed something was moving underneath the roofing paper I had laid …

My Cat Was Turning Into A Chipmunk

This is our cat, Whiskers. She is convalescing in a basket that sits on a 3 tier shelf in our bathroom. Over the toilet to be more specific. She had an infected tooth on and off for a year where her cheek was so swollen that she looked like Alvin the chipmunk. The first vet …

We Bought A Hobbit!

Yesterday, my wife and I headed out to Grandpa's Garden Center in the morning before the heat got oppressive. (No, not my grandpa, that's the name of it) A really nice place in the country near the lake in Upstate New York. I noticed an elderly gentleman wearing a straw hat moving slowly amongst the …

It’s Too Hot!! Part 2

Yep, there's a part two, my lucky readers. That's because today is gonna be hotter than yesterday. So I get to cuss and moan some more. Besides, it's my blog and I'm a sarcastic cynic by nature, and maybe there's a little nurture in it too. I call it being a realist, although I'm sure …